It has 43922 households and total area 341.98 km². it also has 9 union parishad in gangni upazila. Main rivers are Bhairab, Kazla. Dharla and Ilangi Beels are notable.Gangni consists of 5 mouzas. It has a population of 19126; male 51.48% and female 48.95%. Literacy rate among the town people is 28.8%.Administration Gangni thana, now an upazila, was established in 1923. It consists of 9 union parishads, 100 mouzas, 136 village, 5 border outpost. Gangni Upazila is bounded by Daulatpur Upazila in Kushtia District, on the north, Daulatpur, Mirpur Upazilas in Kushtia District, and Alamdanga Upazila in Chuadanga District on the east, Alamdanga Upazila in Chuadanga District and Meherpur Sadar Upazila in Meherpur District, on the south and Karimpur II and Tehatta ICD Blocks, in Nadia District, West Bengal, India, on the west.
Demographics
According to 2011 Bangladesh census, Gangni had a population of 299,607. Males constituted 49.48% of the population and females 50.52%. Muslims formed 98.615% of the population, Hindus 0.910%, Christians 0.438%, and others 0.037%. Gangni had a literacy rate of 42.21% for the population 7 years and above. At the 1991 Bangladesh census, Gangni had a population of 229,138, of whom 117,027 were aged 18 or older. Males constituted 51.05% of the population, and females 48.95%. Gangni had an average literacy rate of 21%, against the national average of 32.4%.
Arts and culture
Public library 4, rural club 10, playground 20. Main occupations Agriculture 38.19%, agricultural labourer 33.75%, wage labourer 4.43%, commerce 12.48%, construction 1%, service 2.7%, others 7.45%.Land use Cultivable land 26.545 hectare; fallow land 38 hectare; single crop 13.4%, double crop 67.5%, triple crop 19.2%; land under irrigation 54%.Land control Among the peasants, 14.29% are rich, 50.79% intermediate and 34.92% small; cultivable landper head 0.15 hectare.,
Points of interest
Shaharbati Neelkuthi and Gosaidubi Mosque at Karamdi. Marks of War of Liberation Mass grave 2
Administration
Gangni has 9 Unions, 1 Pourasava, 103 Mauzas/Mahallas, and 136 villages.
Gangni Unions
1. Kathuli Union Parishad 2. Tetul Baria Union Parishad 3. Kazipur Union Parishad 4. Bamundi Union Parishad 5. Motmura Union Parishad 6. Solotaka Union Parishad 7. Saharbati Union Parishad 8. Dhankhola Union Parishad 9. Raipur Union Parishad Information by Md Razu Ahmad Rikat Raipur Union Parishad UDC, Gangni, Meherpur. মোঃ রাজু আহমেদ রিকাত ৯নং রাইপুর ইউনিয়ন ডিজিটাল সেন্টার গাংনী, মেহেরপুর।
